Re: [Freeciv-Dev] Small patch (again)

[Peter Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxx>]

Alexandre BERAUD wrote:
> 
> Peter Schaefer wrote:
> 
> >The pollution icons look cool.
> >Which tile backgrounds are transparent ?
> >Do backgrounds make sense the way they are.
> 
> There are no transparent background.
> The problem is that the xpm format doesn't allow
> transparency and so forbids any antialiasing around
> the drawings. It wouldn't be a real problem for big
> drawings but for small ones...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alex

I see, you care about the Alpha Channel.

What I meant was that I wondered whether citizens would merge better
into a city report with a backdrop different from white if the
citizen background was not white but transparent
( needless to say this does wreak even more havoc to the concept 
 of smooth transititons/antialiasing ).

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